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Benue gov reiterates call for arrest of Miyetti Allah leaders

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The government of Benue State on Sunday continued its persistent call for the arrest of the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN.

Benue government said that the Federal Government should not continue to refrain from arresting the leaders of the herdsmen, who it said have openly claimed responsibility for the massacre in Benue and other states of the country.

The government of Governor Samuel Ortom also pleaded with the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke to “track, fish out and come down heavily on the camps of the militants to shoot and kill any cow used as shield by the marauders.”

The state Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Lawrence Onoja, who made the call while assessing the military operation in the state, applauded the military for their helpfulness in “curtailing the menace of killer herdsmen in the state.”

On the call for the arrest of herdsmen leaders in the state he said, “Our call was necessitated by the need to flush out the blood thirsty herdsmen militia who have invaded several communities in our state since January 1, 2018, carrying out barbaric killings of innocent men and women, children and the aged as well as engaging in a scorched earth policy of destroying everything in sight.

“The activities of these marauding insurgents have led to the massacre of more than 500 people since the beginning of the year and displacement of about one million others, with attendant enormous humanitarian crisis.

“However, since the commencement of the military operation on May 18, 2018, the spate of attacks has been reduced with the invaders chased away in several communities, thus enabling some of those displaced to return to their homes, though reduced to rubble and their means of livelihood completely destroyed.

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“This feat is being achieved at great expense with some of those involved paying the supreme sacrifice, while others have suffered various degrees of injuries.

“Our hearts go out to these gallant patriots who have demonstrated unequaled commitment to providing security for their father land as well as all the families who have lost loved ones.”

The state governor Ortom, and other members of his government, as well as citizens of the state have persistently called on the Federal government to arrest leaders of the herdsmen in the state, accusing them of being behind the wanton killings in Benue and other states of the federation.

 

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